Health Financing Advisor Job Placement – Living Goods (LG)
Job Title: Health Financing Advisor
Organisation: Living Goods (LG)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Deputy Country Director, Community Health Partnerships
About US:
Living Goods (LG) seeks to improve the lives of tens of millions of underserved customers by revolutionizing the way community health is delivered in the developing world. To do this, Living Goods not only grows its own business operations, but also dramatically magnifies its impact through large-scale partnerships. Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook stoves, and solar lights.
Job Summary: The Health Financing Advisor will advise both Living Goods and the Ministries on long-term sustainable financing options. If you like economics and health this is your chance to marry the two.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the Ministry of Health & Finance. Living Goods is a key partner to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Uganda. You will support government officials with technical assistance including articulating community health financing issues, analyzing options and identifying solutions. You will also advise the MOH on how best to contract with NGOs, academic institutions and other entities involved in health financing.
- Identify winning approaches and policies. Living Goods is very keen on piloting results-based financing in Uganda and you will drive the agenda of the advisory committee. You will identify other pilot projects and proven approaches elsewhere that can be tested in Uganda.
- Conduct modeling and forecasting. You will analyze proposed policies. Through modeling and forecasting you will determine the cost and benefits of different insurance schemes, policies and programs in community health.
- Be our champion in health economics. As the Living Goods expert on health financing, you will track how Uganda and other developing countries are funding both community health and the treatment of infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS, family planning and non-communicable diseases. We will also look to you to explore new health financing areas such as national and community health insurance.
- Build key relationships You will develop and maintain strategic relationships with key members within external health finance & management teams. Teams like county ministries of health, Ministry of Finance, The World Bank, Global Fund and others.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a master’s degree in economics, public health or other related area. You have worked with the Ministry of Health in Uganda.
- At least five years of experience in health economics or health financing.
- Strong partnering skills. You have strong interpersonal communication skills. You can interact well with government officials and policy experts.
- The applicant for the Living Goods Health Financing Advisor must possess Uganda health financing credentials
- Analysis skills. You love complex data. You can sift through and interpret qualitative and quantitative data. You know how to draw insight from information and use it to make recommendations.
- Committed to our mission. You have a demonstrable commitment to international development and global health.
- Get our model. Living Goods is a hybrid model. We’re a nonprofit organization with a private sector minded approach. We use private sector practices to achieve social goals. Candidates with for-profit and nonprofit experience preferred.
- Team player. You play well with others enjoy seeing the impact of our work as a team.
- Multitasks. You’re able to juggle multiple tasks at once while ‘keeping calm and carrying on.’ You think strategically, handle ambiguity and work well in a multicultural environment.
Compensation: A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance and bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in need.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply online at the web link below.
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